Spurs are still in the hunt to qualify for Europe after a last-gasp 2-1 victory over rivals Manchester City at White Hart Lane.
The home side dominated the first half and City keeper Shay Given pulled off three great saves to deny Jermain Defoe, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Ledley King.
But Defoe finally broke the deadlock on 29 minutes when getting behind Richard Dunne to flick on a Tom Huddlestone cross from the right.
City came out a different side after the break and substitute Valeri Bojinov volleyed home fellow substitute Benjani's header on 65 minutes.
But Spurs won it with four minutes to go after substitute Fraizer Campbell and Micah Richards tangled in the box and Robbie Keane made no mistake from the penalty spot.
The victory means the race for seventh place in the Premier League will go to the wire.
By only conceding one goal, Spurs also established a new league club record for least goals conceded at home in a season - but it was the fact that they edged an action-packed encounter that really mattered.
After scoring the opener, Defoe was involved in the bizarre incident with the assistant referee on the stroke of half-time.
Nedum Onuoha challenged him on the touchline and as he rolled off the floor Defoe must have felt a touch. The England striker may have felt it was his opponent but it was actually assistant referee Trevor Massey, with Defoe instinctively flicking out.
It did not appear deliberate but Massey still required treatment and was replaced by Stuart Attwell at the interval.
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